What a unique scene - that was really fun watching! Thanks for sharing.

Flicka

This scene really keeps me going. I am glad that you had fun ^^


C

Hi,

I thought the Stormy Piano Player was a pretty cool movie clip...so I ordered the movie and had 6 people over for pizza last night and we watched it. My family has a piano business and my grandfather, father and my brother were/are piano tuners....pianos and piano playing makes me feel comfortable and at home.

We had an eventful evening because my TV bit the dust just as we got the movie going. We had to stop it and one friend and i ran to Walmart where I bought a new flat screen TV ...we watched the rest of the movie on my new TV and the whole event was pretty funny...and expensive! The movie was really good.

I can't seem to handle the strong emotional stuff portrayed in TV/movies....I wasn't like that as a kid, it started in my early 20's. I usually don't watch anything on screen if I can help it.
I am an oddity in 2009, I guess. I don't know of anyone else who feels overloaded emotionally just watching simple TV shows?
But my nervous system and right brain get frazzled watching TV and I often have to leave the room and miss the really good parts. I also never watch it alone...... according to my old T, I am supposed to teach myself how to watch TV/movies....it is supposed to be part of living in the world, participating in life....and it's supposed to be healing (?) Apparently my right brain can grow to handle it ?
If that is the case, the Legend of 1900 was a pretty good start, I think.

Itshardtosay.

Hi Itshardtosay, isn't that amazing that the TV went kaput just as everyone was in the room. Maybe too much energy eh.

That was a cute clip. I'll have to try the movie too. I react the very same way to intense movies...I get out of the room. Thankfully, someone is there to tell me what happens. I'm not sure tho that watching more TV could help train the brain. I tend to think we should not desensitize ourselves to what goes on there.

I only watch safe movies for that matter. I'm careful about what I put in my brain. Maybe the human brain isn't meant to be tortured with constant movement. At least that's what most of TV feels like to me.

Shrinklady

Shrinklady......you are the first person to tell me watching TV and movies bothers you too. SO, I am not alone on planet earth with my emotional reactions!

It's interesting to hear you say you don't think watching more TV could help train the brain to handle emotional intensity.....it certainly doesn't feel like the right thing to do for me, so maybe I should trust myself a little more rather than accept everything I am told?

I got so I couldn't watch anything on TV, safe or not.....I remember having to run out of the room during the kids movie "Beethoven" that my nieces and nephews were watching. It was embarrassing to have the little kids say "It's OK, Auntie Karen, the scary part is over, you can come back now!"

Now I am able to watch safe shows (with others present) and I don't expose myself to frightening stuff. There has been enough to frighten my brain in real life!
I realize that I need to be careful now in my life and try keep outside stimulation at a manageable level. I am thinking mainly of fearful stuff when I say outside stimulation, but I have noticed that even the good things that happen can feel overwhelming....so manageable means all emotional stimulation for me, I guess, on TV and in my everyday life.

Thanks for your reply.

Itshardtosay

Hello guys

I do get very emotional watching certain movies
I've stopped watching horror movies + all the sad sad movies but after I've had horrible experince with my counsellor, I started to watch most most scary and disgusting movies.

The experience with my counsellor is so truamatic for me so now I am ok with any movies.

funny isn't it?